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Microwaves contradictions
During the last few years, the usage of microwaves as a tool for cooking as been questioned for the negative effect that radiation might have on the food. (Here is a brief article that describes these negative effects) Research and…
Buzz word: Food
Blogs are everywhere on any subject you could imagine, the DailyBuzz:Food isn’t that. Nor is it just a base sit for others to post recipes too and categorize like All Recipes, The Daily Buzz: Food is a unique combination of both. While…
There’s a Cooking App for that!
I remember growing up with a stack of cook books in my kitchen, ready to be flipped open and used everyday. Now a days, in my house at least, there aren’t any cook books in sight! If I want an idea…
The Future Of The Brew Master
Craft Beer Sampling
After making my own wine, I decided I would take on the craft of brewing my own beer. My recent purchase of Greg Hughes’ book, Home Brew Beer, pushed me to find out even more about brewing beer. I found The Homebrew Academy website while searching for some recipes. Created by Billy Broas, the site is basically an online training course for people looking to brew their first batch of beer. I signed up as a member to get access to the free training videos and interactive graphics.
A line on the About page really stood out to me: “You don’t need a book, you just need a computer and a beer in your hand.” This is quite true for many current recipes and how-to guides; you don’t need to buy cookbooks anymore. There are millions of websites providing recipes with step-by-step instructions for users to follow (About 142,000,000 results show up with a simple Google search of “recipes”). Broas’ Homebrew Academy takes it a step further and created video tutorials teaching users how to make their own craft beer. I must say that the videos are great quality and really helpful. I see recipe publishing trending towards interactive graphics, videos, and media overall. These make following recipes much easier for the everyday, busy and impatient American.
While my new Home Brew Beer book has beautiful photographs of equipment, ingredients and the final brew, the Homebrew Academy is extremely helpful and easy for beginners to follow. I think having a combination of books and online recipe resources makes for the most knowledgeable chef or brew master. Don’t get me wrong, I love surfing the web with a beer in my hand. I also like reading a physical hard-cover beer recipe book. Of course, with a beer in my hand. Don’t worry, beer is healthy for you.
If you liked The Homebrew Academy site, check out its parent site, billybrew.com which was also created by Broas. This brew site contains more background information about Billy, recipes with beer, and food and beer pairing.
EPIC MEAL TIME is becoming pretty EPIC!
YouTube is honestly a mysterious world to me…even since being introduced to it four years ago. And one of the first things I was introduced to, besides the wonderful world of Very Potter Musical, was Epic Meal Time. The guys were cheering and the girls were gagging as we watched these guys make a disgustingly huge meatloaf with bacon and all other kinds of fatty and heartburn-inducing foods. These “epic meals” are their specialties, making high-calorie meals (commonly with bacon, fast food, and Jack Daniels.)
The videos for Epic Meal Time were originally created by Canadian ex-substitute teacher, Harley Morenstein and his accomplice, Sterling Toth. They’ve grown and are now represented by Gersh Agency and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.They have greatly expanded; and now, they not only have their YouTube channel, but they have a website, sell merchandise, have developed a cookbook, and even have had a spin-off show, Epic Chef, on the Food Network. Epic Meal Time even has its own parodies, including Vegan Meal Time and Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time.
The expansion that Epic Meal Time has been able to accomplish tells a lot about our society and what one (weird, crazy, and sometimes disgusting) idea can do to shape the way we look and make food. And to make it even better, it started on the Internet. The web has this amazing capability to expand our knowledge and interests with food because of its interconnections. It creates a whole new frame and develops it with links and a broader horizon. These interconnections seen with Epic Meal Time correlate with Pinterest also and imagine the expansion of all cooking YouTube channels and cooking blogs once it is all used to its potential.
Google Glass Does Food
Thanks to Google’s project, Google Glass, following recipes just got a whole lot easier. One of the apps available on Glass is called “Allthecooks” which is essentially just a cookbook on your glasses. The writer of the article explains how…
“I Still Use Cookbooks”
This post by blogger Sara Bir illustrates many of the reasons she still uses printed cookbooks. This list includes not only such items as liking the smell of books, but discusses some of the advantages of print books over those…
How to: Fuel Your Foodie-ness with Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed is a mecca for all people list-crazy and one of their sections that I always tend to gravitate towards is “food.” Buzzfeed is continuously publishing list after list of 29 Delicious Asian-Inspired Soups and 5 Cheap and Delicious Dinners…
Cook Dinner in 15 Seconds?
Today’s fast-paced style of living doesn’t slow down in the kitchen. The recent food craze on Instagram led me to @videomeals, the worlds shortest cooking show. The profile includes 200+ quick and healthy video recipes ranging from pesto pasta with salmon to cookie balls. The Australian narrator, @slimmy82, claims not to be a chef, nutritionist or calorie counter. He just loves to cook with new and healthy ingredients. If you like fast and simple cooking and are in need of some quick guidance, these videos are for you.
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